Pair-housing of male and female rats during chronic stress exposure results in gender-specific behavioral responses.

UNLABELLED: Social support has a positive influence on the course of a depression and social housing of rats could provide an animal model for studying the neurobiological mechanisms of social support. Male and female rats were subjected to chronic footshock stress for 3 weeks and pair-housing of ra...

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Main Authors: Westenbroek, C, Snijders, T, den Boer, J, Gerrits, M, Fokkema, D, Ter Horst, G
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2005